Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-09-25

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rid visEf % Seafale. % tbair rsinrn
fEen vicEoris. They uess nj 81 The
stsamer b. Mayer MineE. sx-MaycE
Lsary and JudRe Hoyis wiih c4rrisass,
ana aross ahssa TIE city. fhs eenssor
expteasaA snKNziss &c she sixs e Cur
Iuueernnnsis ard ankNa he's wE 9e1nd O.
eupstina fer . uany pe0OsA 1he stu
atian - oxplnieed. however, uhen
Tnom I'M zx1aH1s
f4a wnn ahls % sse the waseF fEnns with
- raf1rrad whArVea and docks, ssw-
mills. wsrehsusea, whafvsG, bunkeKs
and vnxinua manufAe8oEisa. Thea ha
uas abis 20 anaerssand hoe we give
Ismploymsat % fally 800 mechanlce
and iaboFeFs In thess establishments
along she wate9 frnEfl for . rsnasal 81
some q ne Industries deyeioped ihs
fsef that there we're fo1ndries. machise
shops, boiler uurks brazs WoFkss ssss )
door and hlind fac ories. fafnituTe fac
tories. hsk-pzckiRR establishmentss
oraekar fact0riks, caF 6ail1ing shogss
sawmf1Is, breweFieE, wagon and black
smith shops. scap factories. tennelies,
eooper sh0ps and numerous other
branches of trade. Thea, too, be
leaKnsd for the first tine that We have
zHfnTx sFEAMB0AzA
Owned By cur 0itizsns. giving employ
ment 10 abona so men and upon en-
curry nscegtained that thesF principal
business b frsiRhEing merchandise from
this cftT north 10 the diAsr Islands
on the SQUAD, to the milling ports log
ainR camps and towns situated on the
various rivers emptyinR into The Sound
and Bringing back produee; further
more that there are also owned here
several sf5am tugs and ships. together
With large number Of sahooners and
small sailing craft
TIE distinguished visitor upon ask
ing what tbs exports Of the city were,
waa told that thew consisted Of lumber.
coal, hops barlex aud oats. One Of
she gentlemen In the party said: ave
EQUAL to THAI Of the New England
Ssatss. There b not 9 quarter section
between here aud the British line that
does not conksin from ten 70 twenty
Ave miles Of good sWail land. the eoun-
tfy being undnInsinR with high lands
J and valleys iuat 90 Il 10 between Seattle
and Lake Washington, and it 10 caps-
bic Of sustaining
| VAST AaRIcuLrURAL P0PULAxIsH."
1 The Senator vas anxi0ns to Learn
. something about she coal mines IN 'tks
I. ueiQhb0rhosd, and cas- told that Ia tbs
I Squak Valley along the line Of the So.
attIe, Lake Shore and Eastern Railway
!. several veins Of excellent cokip0 zeal
equal 20 anything yet discovered on TIA
/ nortreEn e0ast were being opened. II
> lies nearer the foothills than the Goa
nov being shipped from Seattle. Tbs
several mines along the Marrow Goaes
railways we're shipping y god afticll
Of semi bilumfnons coal. The EpRiisl
!, Iron Company, be Was tsld. bad secures
large tracts OF coal land suitable fol
smelling purposes, and that the Who'll
Puget SQUAD basin vas ore vast COS
Geld comprising lignIte, bituminOus AMI
fair anthracite. The magnificent tim
. Der supply Was talked about, and figure
! weFe given showing that the ANNA
I. cut amounted 20 no les thsn six hun
|. dred million eco 600 0o0l feet per 40
I num. bat unfortunately forest IRE des
: sroJed three times that quantity. III
forests at present appeared inexhansti
BILE spite Of thess facts, aud it was esfi
mated that King County slone bad
thousand square miies Of timber lam
90uld yield in msFchantable lumbe
y 5000 feet 20 the acre.
SEATTLE SCHOOLS.
: Daring the drive round the city th
, patty visited she Central School an
\ 1ere surprised to learn that there yer
in the city 3 800 children Of school aga
4 Of which number 1900, or nearly on
!. half, attend the public schools and ther
!. WeFe large numbeE Of private school
in addition. Among the more impoEi
/. ant the Territorial University and %
i Academy Of Holy Names we're men
/ toned aud references vas made 10 %
4 fact that two Of the crescent eohOs
:. boildinRs cost over 5000, while net
] one was just IN course Of erection {
|, cost &35. coo.
. Senator stanford remarked to one Q
his party ttat the site Of seattle re
minded him very much Of San Francis
90 in its early days and regretted tbs
i. ise eitizsns Wtrs making the same mis-
4 take that the latter had made in nc
: layina out the city to conform TO the Ii
= Of the land, thus spelling many beauti
= ful building aites. Il was not the work Q
4 good engineer, for be would have iaii
!. ont the streets 90 81 to conform wit
I the contour Of the land and preseFy
the msss beautiful sites for buiIdin
Z purposes. he admired the energy anC
: public spirit displayed by the citiz u
4 IN grading streets and making tbs man
other improvements and expressed %
!. gratifisation be felt at hnding so Gne
: city as Seattle on Puget sound.
THK MAGNIFICENT suKNERY
e To be viewed from Lake Washington
{ called forth oatbursts Of admiration
Q from the gentlemen, and the Senate
remarked that, though be bad travels
9 east, west, north and south. through th
: new world and through the old. he ha.
: scarcely seen view shat, IN grandeur
: beauty ard maeniaceuee, surpasss
9 that nov before him. He recommends
3 the builaing Of q good hotel at the enc
E OF Jackson street, 90 as to attract tour
, lists from all parts of the country. H,
: also thought the time was fully eonu
. Shen The city shonli provide ! uhli
E parks before tue great kings Of the fore
: sere hewn down. adding tBat he wouie
much like to own about 800 acres O.
. these beautiful forests.
Mr.. Croker, Who had hesn hestovinE
considerable attention on the practice
part Of Lake Washington, rsmaFkes
? that that body Of water formed . grams
reservoir for the city. He vas glad 3,
learn thai the city bad already availeC
itself Of the facilities thus offered 70
! obtaining good supply Of pure water
Colonel fewne. a. q railway mana
: ger. wss curious to learn something
about the various railway companies II
the city. when told Of the provision
made for railways here. whereby nearll
5000 acres Of land waa reserved for rail
way Purposes. and that an avenRe Il
feet vide and i've miles long IN front Of
the city was made free b all tFansconti
nental railway companies, be express
bic approval Of What be thoaehs an emf
neatly wise provision.
Before tbe party Ieft they took AZ
: opportunity 10 again express 30 Mayo
Minor and the others many thanks fo
their courtesy, and reiterated their sur
: pFiss at having found seattle snoh 4
6ne, healthy and progressive city.